Combined form and carbon sheet holder



May 31, 1938.

K. R. DENCKLAU COMBINED .FQRM AND CARBON SHEET HOLDER Filed June 22,1934 2 Sheets-Sheet l no I: 11v! 1511 INVENTOR K. R. oavqrmu l L I I I lI A TTO RNE V K. R. DENCKLAU COMBINED FORM AND CARBON SHEET HOLDER May31, 1938. 1

Filed June22, 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR KR. DENC/(LAU A TITORNEVPatented Ma 31, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC E COMBINED FORM ANDCARBON SHEET HOLDER Karl R. Dencklau, Plalnfleld, N. 1., assignor toAmerican Telephone and Telegraph Company, a corporation of New YorkApplication June 22, 1934, Serial No. 731,879

18 Claims. (01. 282-29) This invention relates to improvements incombined form and carbon sheet holders of the kind shown and describedin my prior U. S. Letters printing machine, such as a teletypewriter,without the possibility of the form sheets and carbon sheets shiftingrelative to each other.

Another object of the invention is to provide a form holder embodying afoldable back strip, each folded area thereof being provided withholding means into which the collated forms and carbon sheets areinserted as a single unit and are firmly held against accidentalshifting in order to assure clear and correct carbon copies of thematter typed upon the outer form sheet.

A further object is to provide a form sheet holder in which thecollated' form sheets and interleaved carbon sheets may be quickly andeasily inserted and removed from the holder.

With these and other objects in view, the invention also resides in thenovel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts the essentialfeatures of which are hereinafter fully set forth, are particularlypointed out in the appended claims, and are illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is. a perspective view of the preferred form of my improvedholder showing the same in its folded position;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary plan view of the holder in an extended, orunfolded, position;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary plan view of a slightly modified form of theinvention;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail sectional view on the line 55 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view, with parts broken away, of anothermodification of the invention;

Fig. '7 is an enlarged detail sectional view on the line of Fig. 6;

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of one of the form holder units per se; and

Fig. 91s a perspective view of another modification of the invention.

of the drawings. The folds are intended to cause the strip ill to assumea stacked position before and after passing through a printing machine,such as a teletypewriter. I

The folded areas of the backing strip III are substantially rectangularin shape. Adhesively secured to one side of the folded areas are U-shaped spacing strips, or members, ll. These spacing members ll extendaround only three sides of the folded areas of the backing strip i sothat one of the sides of the strip I0 is left free. Adhesively securedto each of the spacing members Ii is a U-shaped guide, or holdingmember, II. This holding member 12 is composed of a flexible materialand has a width greater than the width of the spacing member I I inorder that the inner edges of the holding member l2 can extend inwardlyover the inner edges of the member ll.

From this description it can be seen that the inner edges of the holdingmember l2 overlap the inner edges of the spacing member II and arearranged in spaced relation with respect to the backing strip l0 so asto provide channels around three sides of each of the rectangularfoldable areas to receive a pack of collated form sheets l3 interleavedwith carbon sheets It. The form sheets I3 and carbon sheets itconstitute a pack unit which is of a width such as to enable it to slidefreely within the channel defined by the overlapping edges of theholding member iii, the pack being inserted through the open side of theholder formed by the holding member ii. The free side edge of thebacking strip lii has a notch I therein to facilitate gripping the packunit when it is desired to withdraw the same from the holder. Althoughthe form sheets -I3 and carbon sheets I4 are shown as separate sheets itis tobe understood that carbonized formv sheets of the foldable type maybe inserted, when in a folded condition with the same result.

Adhesively secured to the backing strip l0 and disposed intermediate thelegs of each of'the U-shaped holding members l2, and parallel to saidlegs, are auxiliary guide strips l6 which co-act with one of the legportions of the holding member l2 to enable an envelope 30 to beinserted beneath the form pack and the backing strip. The last carbonsheet overlies the inserted envelope in order that the address may betyped upon the envelope 30 simultaneously with the typing of the headingupon the uppermost form sheet. This avoids the necessity of separatelytyping an envelope in which the typed form may be mailed.

In Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawings, I have illustrated a slightly modifiedform of the invention in which the backing strip is indicated by thereference character It), the spacing member by H, and the holding memberby I2. These parts are substantially identical with those shown in Figs.1, 2, and 3 except that the U-shaped spacing member II and the U-shapedholding member l2 are positioned at right angles to the position shownin Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive.

With this form of the invention, the form and carbon pack unit isinserted lengthwise of the backing strip l0 instead of transversely. Forsupporting the pack unit in position within the holder provided by theholding member l2, auxiliary guide strips it are adhesively securedtransversely on the backing strip l0 near the position where the loweredge of the pack unit rests when it is inserted in the holder for thepurpose of preventing the paper from accidentally slipping out of theholder via the open end of the holding member. The backing strip I0 isprovided with cut-outs at points between the inner ends of the strips l6to enable the fingers of an operator to be inserted in order to reachthe bottom edges of the pack units when it is desired to withdraw thepack units from the holder.

In Figs. 6, 7, and 8 the backing strip is designated by the referencecharacter ll. Holding members iii are attached, as a unit, to thebacking strip ll. Each of the holding members l8 comprises a rectangularcardboard frame l9 having a guide strip 20, U-shaped in plan view,secured along three sides of the frame. The entrance to the guide stripis through the open side of the frame litwhich has a notch 2i to permitthe fingers of an operator to grasp a combined form and carbon pack unitfor withdrawing of the same from the frame IS. The holding members itare adhesively secured to one side of the backing strip I! at spaceddistances to enable the folding of the backing strip l'l intermediatethe frames IS in the manner shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. In thisform of the invention, the holding members l8 are Secured transverselyto the backing strip l1 so that the pack units are inserted from one ofthe sides of the backing strip II in a manner similar to that shown inFig. 2. If desired, the holding members l8 could be located upon thebacking strip I! in a manner similar to that shown in Fig, 4.

In Fig. 9 I have illustrated a further modification of my invention inwhich the backing strip is indicated by the numeral 22, there being aholding, or guide, member 23, U-shaped in plan view, secured to thebacking strip 22 to form a holder open at one side of the backing strip22. Secured to the backing strip 22 and holding, or guide, member 23 bysome form of removable fastening elements, such as staples 24, is aplurality of carbon sheets 25, the uppermost of which has its free sideedge provided with a reinforcing strip 26, the outer ends of whichconstitute tabs 21 which extend beyond the opposite side edges of thecarbon sheets 25. The carbon sheets 25 are of such a size as to swing inthe manner of a leaf within the confines provided by the guiding strip25. After the form sheets 28 have been inserted between the respectivecarbon sheets 25, the pro- :lecting tabs 21 of the uppermost carbonsheet are inserted beneath the guiding strip 23 in order to hold theform sheets other than the uppermost sheet (which is placed over'the topcarbon sheet) in a relatively fixed position to prevent or minimizeaccidental shifting of the form sheets when in their inserted positionand to facilitate the typing of clear and correct carbon copies.

From the foregoing description, it can be seen that I have provided animproved combined form and carbon sheet holder in which the collatedform sheets and carbon sheets may be removably associated with afoldable strip in such a manner as to securely hold packs of collatedform and carbon sheets in a relatively firm manner during the passing ofthe strip through a printing machine, such as a teletypewriter. The packunits are inserted into the respective holders provided on the strip inorder to make up a strip ready for use. After this strip has passedthrough the machine,

.the pack units may be removed and the strip refilled with packs ofcollated form and carbon sheets and used over and over again in the samemanner. The backing strip is made of a flexible material which permitsthe tearing of any of the holder units on the strip on the fold linetherebetween should it be desired to so mutilate the strip, after whichthe parts may be joined by a flexible adhesive strip, or in any othersuitable manner. While certain parts of the device have been describedas being secured together by adhesive, it is to be understood that otherfastening means may be provided, such as by stitching or stapling ifdesired.

Although I have shown anddescribed several modifications of myinvention, I wish it to be understood that other changes in constructionmay be resorted to, if desired, without departing from the spirit of myinvention. Consequently, I do not wish to limit myself to the exactstructural details herein set forth nor to anything less than the wholeof my invention which is to be limited only by the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A device for holding paper, said device including a backing piece, aseparate holding member U-shaped in plan view, and means for securingsaid holding member to the backing piec for receiving and holding paper.

2. A device for holding a plurality of packs of collated form and carbonsheets, said device including a backing piece, a plurality of separateholding members U-shaped in plan view, and means for securing eachholding member to the backing piece at spaced intervals for receivingand holding packs of collated form and carbon sheets.

3. A holder forpacks of collated form sheets interleaved with carbonsheets, said holder comprising a foldable strip having a plurality ofsections, a plurality of guide members U-shaped in plan view, and meansfor securing a separate guide member to each section of said foldablestrip for slidably receiving and supporting packs of collated formsheets interleaved with carbon sheets.

4. A device for holding paper, said device including a backing piece, aholding member U- shaped in plan view, means for securing said holdingmember to the backing piece, a spacing member, and means for securingsaid spacing member between the holding member and the backing piece forproviding a space for holding paper.

5. A holder for sheets of paper, said holder comprising a rectangularbacking strip of larger area than the individual sheets of paper, aseparate spacing member Li-shaped in plan view, means for securing saidspacing member to the backing strip, a separate holding member U- shapedin plan view and means for securing the holding member to the spacingmember for forming a pocket for receiving and holding stationery.

6. A holder for paper, said holdercomprising a rectangular backing stripof larger area than the paper, a spacing member U-shaped in plan view,means for securing the spacing member to only one surface of the backingstrip, a separate holding member U-shaped in plan view and superimposedupon the spacing member, and means for securing the holding member tothe spacing member with both the spacing member and the holding memberhaving their open ends along the same edge of the backing strip forallowing paper to be slid between the holding member and the backingstrip.

7. In a holder for a pack of form and carbon sheets, a backing strip, aspacing member, means for securing said spacing member to the backingstrip, a guide member Ul-shapedin plan view, and

means for securing said guide member to the spacing member with theinner edges, 01' said guide member overlapping said spacing member forforming a pocket for slidably receiving and holding a pack ofform sheetsinterleaved with carbon sheets. Y

8. A device for holding paper, said device including a backing strip, aguide member U-shaped invplan view, means for securing said guide mem-'-her to the backing strip for slidably' receiving and for securing ,thespacing member to the backing strip, a holding member, meansior securingthe holding member to the spacing member for holding paper against thebacking strip, an auxiliary guide strip,-and means for securing theauxiliary guide strip to the backing strip for holding an envelopesecurely in place beneath the paper an against the backing strip. 4

10. A device for holding paper; said device-"including a backing strip,a spacing member U- shaped in plan view, means for securing said spacingmember to the backing strip, a holding member U-shaped in plan view andsuperimposed upon the spacing member, means for securing the holdingmember to the spacing member with both the spacing member and theholding member having their open ends along the same edge of the backingstrip for allowing paper to be slid between the holding member and thebacking strip, an auxiliary guide strip, and means for securing saidauxiliary guide strip to the backin strip in a position parallel withthe arms 01' the U-shaped spacing member and holding member tor slidablyreceiving an envelope;

11. A holder for paper, said holder including a backing strip, aholdlngmember -U-shaped in plan view, means for securing the holdingmember to the backing strip for allowing paper to be passed through theopen end of the holding member for being held between the holding memberand the backing strip, an instrumentality for preventing the paper fromaccidentally slipping out oi the holder via the open end or sheets,

frame, a guide member U-shaped in plan view,

the holding member, and means for securing said instrumentality to thebacking strip.

12. A holder for paper, said holder comprising a backing strip, aholding "member U-shaped in plan view, means for securing the holdingmempaper from accidentally slipping out of the holder via the open endof the holdingmember.

13. A holder for a pack ofiorm and carbon said holder, including arectangular and means for securing said, guide member to three sideedges of the frame for slidably receiving and holding a pack of term andcarbon sheets.

14. A holder for a sheet of paper, said holder including a backingstrip, a rectangular frame, means 'for securing said frame to thebacking strip, a guide member U-shaped in plan view, and means forsecuring said guide member to the frame for slidably receiving andholding sheets, of paper.

15., A device for holding a plurality of packs of collated form andcarbon sheets, said device including a backing strip, a plurality ofrectan gular frames, means for it securing each frame to the backingstrip at spaced intervals, a plurality of'guide members U-shaped in planview, and means for securing each guide member to three side edges of aseparate frame for slidably receiving and holding packs of collated formand 1 carbon sheets.

, member to the backing strip for slidably receiving paper, a carbonsheet, means for securing a portion of the carbon sheet to the backing,strip,

and a tab extending from one edge of the carbon sheet for insertionbetween the guide member and the backing strip for minimizing.accidental shiitin'g of the'paper. d

18-. In a holder for form and carbon sheets, a backing strip, a guidemember, means for securing the guide member to the backing strip forslidably receiving form sheets, a plurality of carbon sheets, means fordetachablysecuring a portion of each carbon sheet to the backing strip,and tabs extending from opposite side edges of one of the carbon sheetsfor insertion between the guide member and the backing strip forminimizing accidental shifting of the paper mm. a. puncture.

